Asheville's Evergreen school raises $30K with run

1:03 PM,
Feb. 27, 2014

Evergreen Community Charter School seventh graders enter the Fun Run through a giant tunnel.

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Students at Evergreen Community Charter School participated in the first Boosterthon Fun Run in Western North Carolina. It was the school's most significant fundraiser of the year and raised more than $30,000.

That money will help fill the funding gap left by state education cutbacks, according to the school. Evergreen chose Boosterthon as a partner on the run "because the organization's values and philosophy on education aligned with the school's emphasis on fitness, healthy eating, leadership and service," the organizers said in a press release.